Saturday 9th December 2023 It’s not only Leicester City Council running a free circular bus service around the city centre with electric buses; Hereford also started giving it a go a couple of weeks ago, on 24th November, with its new City Zipper. Operated on the City Council’s behalf by Yeomans Travel, the 15 minute... Continue Reading →
Cardiff’s powerful electriCity buses
Saturday 5th February 2022 Cardiff Bus publicly launched its fleet of 36 Yutong E12 EV buses in the middle of last month. They looked very smart and inviting from the photographs on social media so I popped over to the Welsh capital on Wednesday to give them the once over. They’re being used on three... Continue Reading →
It’s a fair COP
Sunday 31st October 2021 While I was in Scotland on Monday and Tuesday after my Lumo journey north to Edinburgh I took a ride over to Glasgow to see how preparations for COP26 were impacting the city. Unsurprisingly, it was huge. And this was still a few days away from today's start of the summit's... Continue Reading →
Leeds leads in West Yorkshire
Tuesday 3rd November 2020 First Bus in Leeds have just introduced a fleet of nine electric buses manufactured by the Chinese company, Yutong. They’re becoming a popular purchase choice with a fleet of 14 recently introduced in Newport, South Wales and a batch arriving for Go North East imminently. With Lockdown 2.0 fast approaching and... Continue Reading →
